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Rapist given 20 year prison sentence

A RAPIST who abused his victim for nearly a decade - starting when she was aged just ten - has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

Aubrey Mitchell was told by an Aylesbury Crown Court judge yesterday he had robbed his victim of her childhood and adolescence as sentence was passed.

A jury had convicted the 80-year-old of two counts of rape and one of indecent assault after a trial.

And Mitchell's partner, 68-year-old Mary Goscombe, was also given a lengthy jail sentence after jurors found her guilty of aiding and abetting Mitchell's deeds.

They found Goscombe guilty of one charge of aiding and abetting rape and one of cruelty to a person under 16, with jurors deciding she knew about the abuse but did nothing to stop her partner committing his crimes. She was jailed for 14 years.

Both were barred from ever working with children and will remain on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.

The court heard on Monday that when the offences came to light Mitchell - described as a "dominant and controlling character" by Judge Johanna Cutts - was attacked with an iron bar by two men, before he was almost killed in an arson attack on his home in Bookerhill Road, High Wycombe.

both Mitchell and goscombe have the sentence they both deserve he was not a frail old man at the time of the crime as for her as a woman and a mother how could she aid and abet for a DECADE.my thoughts are with the victim.

both Mitchell and goscombe have the sentence they both deserve he was not a frail old man at the time of the crime as for her as a woman and a mother how could she aid and abet for a DECADE.my thoughts are with the victim.ferry52

both Mitchell and goscombe have the sentence they both deserve he was not a frail old man at the time of the crime as for her as a woman and a mother how could she aid and abet for a DECADE.my thoughts are with the victim.

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Allymay2014
1:12pm Tue 11 Mar 14

OMG!! Bookerhill road. Way to close to home. Our kids wonder why we won't let them out to play.

OMG!! Bookerhill road. Way to close to home. Our kids wonder why we won't let them out to play.Allymay2014

OMG!! Bookerhill road. Way to close to home. Our kids wonder why we won't let them out to play.

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